Losing our religion: religious discrimination and the Genuine Occupational Requirement

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• Bond Pearce Employment Team

All discrimination legislation provides for Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR) to be a defence to discrimination. This allows employers in certain circumstances to discriminate against applicants and/or employees on the grounds of, for example, the applicant's/employee's religious beliefs or those of a third party. Precisely how the GOR is defined differs according to the type of discrimination and here we look at the issue in the context of the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Re... (25 more words)

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